Brandon Williams: “This month marks the 60th anniversary of the loss of the nuclear submarine the USS Thresher, SSN 593. On that fateful…”

“This month marks the 60th anniversary of the loss of the nuclear submarine the USS Thresher, SSN 593. On that fateful day, on April 10, 1963, 129 sailors and shipyard workers went out on an engineering trial. They encountered engineering problems that they were unable to recover from and, tragically, all hands were lost. The submarine service that I served in became much safer as a result of this tragedy, and I am honored, as the first nuclear submarine veteran to serve in Congress in 50 years, to remember those that were lost today. Even more importantly, we remember the widows that were created that day and the children that grew up fatherless. We stop and we remember them and say thank you for the life that you have lived without those loved ones. ____________________”